- February 24, 2025
5:06 p.m. — Selma Trail, Palm Coast
Battery on a law enforcement officer. A 24-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested after he "swatted away" a deputy's hand as the deputy was trying to defuse a verbal altercation, the Sheriff's Office reported.
When deputies responded to the home, four people were standing in the roadway engaged in a verbal altercation, according to the man's arrest report. The reporting deputy placed himself between the man and the others as he continued to yell at one of the involved parties. As he walked him back to his patrol vehicle, the man began to "maneuver" around the deputy, swatting away the deputy's arm.
The deputy then attempted to secure him in handcuffs, which the man resisted. He was eventually detained and placed in the back of the deputy's patrol vehicle.
The reporting deputy noted that the man was upset because his sister had gotten back together with her boyfriend.
The man was taken to jail.
3:15 a.m. — 3000 block of North State Street, Bunnell
Possession of drug paraphernalia. A 30-year-old Palm Coast man told police that a scale found during a search of his vehicle was used to weigh the pennies he collects.
The man, who was arrested, had an active county arrest warrant. Detectives had conducted a traffic stop on the man's vehicle, leading to the arrest of the front passenger as well, a 41-year-old Palm Coast woman who also had an arrest warrant.
During a search of the car, deputies found two bags each containing less than a gram of methamphetamine and a digital scale, which was swiped on the field and tested positive for methamphetamine too.
Both were taken to jail.
